Decision Details

over £1m capital

On 21 July 2020, Cabinet:-

(i)    Approved the FBC for the attached to the report at Appendix C Scheme sites at Bayley and Stoneycroft and the remaining sites on the Bromford estate, including approval for the strategy and commencement of the procurement activity for the housing development and associated works on these sites and delegates any changes to the FBC for the Scheme financial expenditure of up to 10% to the Assistant Director, Housing Development;

(ii)    Approved the award of a contract to Jessup Brothers Ltd, following a further competition exercise using the Homes England Delivery Partner Panel 3 framework agreement, for the construction of 53 homes at former Bayley and Stoneycroft tower block sites on the Bromford estate. Details of which are outlined within the Exempt Appendix D;

(iii)   Delegated authority for the award of contract for the remaining Scheme sites as approved in the FBC to the Acting Director Inclusive Growth, the Acting Chief Finance Officer (or their delegate), the Assistant Director, Development and Commercial (or their delegate) and the Interim City Solicitor (or their delegate);

(iv)   Authorised the Acting Director, Inclusive Growth to seek consent from the Secretary of State under Section 174 of Localism Act 2011, to exclude the new council properties developed through these proposals from the Right to Buy pooling requirements, and to ensure that any capital receipts generated from any future sale of homes under the Right to Buy are retained by the Council for reinvestment in future housing delivery;

(v)   Authorised the Acting Director, Inclusive Growth to receive the result of any consultations regarding the loss of any Public Open Space notices in accordance with Section 123 (2A) of the Local Government Act 1972;

(vi)   Authorised the Assistant Director Transport and Connectivity, Inclusive Growth to grant technical approval of the Scheme highways proposals and progress the preferred option to detailed design which will be the responsibility of the appointed contractor;

(vii)  Authorised the Acting Director, Inclusive Growth to submit and process all necessary highway closures and notices required to facilitate the Scheme highlighted in the FBC and to enter into any appropriate agreements for the creation, improvement and alterations to highway access to the sites;

(viii) Delegated to the Acting Director, Inclusive Growth the power to amend or vary the development boundaries by 10% for the Scheme;

(ix)   Delegated authority to the Acting Director, Inclusive Growth to submit further applications to Homes England (HE), West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), or any other funding agency, where opportunities arise for grant funding to support the Scheme future phases of new housing development, and towards the cost of the Scheme flood defence work on the adjacent River Tame being undertaken by the Environment Agency and to negotiate and accept such funding in the event of such applications being successful;

(x)   Approved any prudential borrowing, £10.000m required by the City Council to allow for the residential development of the Scheme sites outlined within the report;

(xi)   Subject to the receipt of grant monies, authorised the Acting Director, Inclusive Growth to make a payment of up to £2.70m to the Environment Agency to facilitate the Bromford Estate section of the Flood Defence proposals for the River Tame;

(xii)  Authorised the Interim City Solicitor (or their delegate) to negotiate, execute and complete all necessary documentation to give effect to the above recommendations.